AMD EPYC 8124P vs AMD EPYC 7502P

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 8124P and AMD EPYC 7502P processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 8124P

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 125 Watt vs 180 Watt
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2338 vs 2018
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 Sep 2023 vs 7 Aug 2019
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2338 vs 2018

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7502P

  • 16 more cores, run more applications at once: 32 vs 16
  • 32 more threads: 64 vs 32
  • Around 12% higher clock speed: 3.35 GHz vs 3 GHz
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 50932 vs 36338
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 32 vs 16
Number of threads 64 vs 32
Maximum frequency 3.35 GHz vs 3 GHz
L1 cache 2 MB vs 64 KB (per core)
L3 cache 128 MB vs 64 MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 50932 vs 36338

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 8124P
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 7502P

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2338
2018
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
36338
50932
Name AMD EPYC 8124P AMD EPYC 7502P
PassMark - Single thread mark 2338 2018
PassMark - CPU mark 36338 50932

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD EPYC 8124P AMD EPYC 7502P

Essentials

Launch date 18 Sep 2023 7 Aug 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $639 $2300
Place in performance rating 645 586
Family EPYC
Processor Number 7502P
Series 7002
Vertical segment Server

Performance

Base frequency 2.45 GHz 2.5 GHz
Die size 2x 73 mm²
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 2 MB
L2 cache 1 MB (per core) 16 MB
L3 cache 64 MB (shared) 128 MB
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 75°C
Maximum frequency 3 GHz 3.35 GHz
Number of cores 16 32
Number of threads 32 64
Transistor count 17,750 million
Unlocked

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5 DDR4-3200
Max memory channels 8
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 120-150 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported SP6 SP3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 180 Watt

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 5, 96 Lanes, (CPU only) x16, x8
Max number of PCIe lanes 128
PCI Express revision 4.0

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)